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United states Alabama Bluegrass at the Station APRIL 23-25, 2026 University Station Rv Resort  3076 Al Highway 14 W, Auburn, Alabama 36832 570-721-2760 bluegrassatthestation.com Arkansas Spring Mountain View Bluegrass Festival March 12-14, 2026 1032 Park Avenue, Mountain View, AR 72560   501-350-9676 mountainviewbluegrass.com Fall Mountain View Bluegrass Festival November 12-14, 2026 1032 Park Avenue, Mountain View, AR 72560  501-350-9676 mountainviewbluegrass.com…

Bandmates John Showman and Chris Coole have been digging deep into the old-time sound of fiddle and banjo for more than twenty years, and their traditional credentials have only increased over time. Anyone who has followed the band in recent years knows that they have never been content to stay in their lane, as it…

Gena Britt, who brings a long, impressive resume to the recording studio — she’s a multi-IBMA winner with top-of-the-game Sister Sadie—steps out for highly regarded personal projects and is in demand for fill-ins and studio work. Her new project, Streets, Rivers, Dreams & Heartaches, adds yet another checkmark to that career that’s solid and fun…

From the vibrant bluegrass scene of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, comes Trish Imbrogno with five stellar tracks on a new EP. Imbrogno, trained as a classical bassist, expanded her musical world to include bluegrass and roots music and has become an in-demand, well-respected, in-the-pocket bassist playing with an array of top pickers.  Joining Trish, who plays bass…

Reprinted from the Special Program Festival Schedule Edition, 1975 of Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Which was reprinted from Western Pennsylvania Bluegrass Committee Newsletters. Used by permission Part I — Roots. Bluegrass and modern country-western music are different styles of music with the same basic roots: the traditional music of the Southern Mountains. This music came originally…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine October 1987, Volume 22, Number 4 Over the years hundreds—maybe thousands—of people have told me they went to work in the fields early and then worked late, just so they could come in at noon and hear the program,” recalls Mac Wiseman. He is referring to the widespread and intense…